1. Los verbos reflexivos Objective: To talk about your daily routine.
Getting ready for a special event.

2. Reflexive verbs
In this presentation, we are going to look at a special group of verbs called reflexive verbs
Let’s start out by thinking of the English verb to wash.

3. Huh? There are two ways to talk about washing in Spanish
First, to wash something else
I wash my clothes
I wash the car
Second, to wash part of one’s body.
I wash my hands
I wash my hair

4. The action of the verb goes to the car.
To wash the Car…
I can wash things that are not part of me.
In Spanish, we say:
Yo lavo el carro.
The action of the verb goes to the car.

5. …and… I also wash my body and things on my body: hands, face, hair…
I wash my hands.
In spanish we say:
Me lavo las manos.

6. The point is…
If you are washing something that is attached to your body, you need to use reflexive pronouns.

7. What are the reflexive pronouns?me
nos te os se

8. Let’s conjugate Lavarse
me lavo
nos lavamos
te lavas
os laváis
se lava
se lavan
The endings are still the same. In this case these are endings for regular “ar” verbs in the present tense.

9. Notice the placement of the reflexive pronouns in Spanish:
Sue bathes herself.
subject
reflexive pronoun
Sue
Sue se baña.
reflexive pronoun
subject

10. Notice the placement of the reflexive pronouns in Spanish:
Joe
Joe shaves himself.
subject
reflexive pronoun
Joe se afeita.
reflexive pronoun
subject

11. The reflexive pronouns go before the conjugated verb.

12. How to conjugate reflexive verbs
Start with the verb.
1 Drop “se”
2. Determine what kind of verb it is “ar”, “er, or “ir”
3. Put the appropriate -ar, -er or -ir “ending” of the verb
4. Put the correct “reflexive pronoun” in front of the “conjugated” verb.

13. Dormirse : to fall asleep
Dormir vs. Dormirse
The verb forms are the same: duermo, duermes, duerme, dormimos, duermen
The difference in form is the addition of the reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, se
The difference in meaning is:
Dormir : to sleep
Dormirse : to fall asleep

14. DORMIR
DORMIRSE
TO SLEEP
TO FALL ASLEEP
duermo
me duermo
dormimos
nos dormimos
duermes
te duermes
dormís
os dormís
duerme
se duerme
duermen
se duermen

15. A morning routine
Todos los días, yo _________ (levantarse) a las 7:00. ____________(lavarse) la cara, y _________ (afeitarse). Luego ____________ (vestirse (e-i)) y ___________(comer) un poco de desayuno. Por fin, ________ (cepillarse) los dientes.

16. Respuestas
Todos los días yo me levanto a las 7:00. me lavo la cara y me afeito. Luego me visto y como un poco de desayuno. Por fin, me cepillo los dientes

17. A verb followed by a reflexive verb:
Remember that in a sentence when there are 2 verbs next to each other, you conjugate the first verb and leave the second verb in its infinitive form.
EX: Yo necesito estudiar.
The rule is a little different when a verb is followed by a reflexive verb.
Instead of placing the reflexive pronoun in front of the verb, you will leave it attached to the infinitve, BUT CHANGE IT to AGREE with the subject.

18. Some examples:
Yo necesito levantarme.
Tú necesitas despertarte.
Nosotros tenemos que bañarnos.

19. Place the reflexive pronoun BEFORE the CONJUGATED verb
ATTACHED to the INFINITIVE
When you have two verbs next to each other conjugate the first one only.